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NEW YORK— CIT Group's second-quarter profit slipped as net finance margins fell and the bank incurred higher costs. The commercial lender earned $115.3 million, or 66 cents per share, for the period ended June 30. The average estimate of eight analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for slightly higher earnings of 68 cents per share.

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